Handbook to the Cathedral Church of StPeter, York; being notes on the architecture, stained glass, shields and monuments . ^1%. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND VESTIBULE—EXTERIOR. 31 buttresses, above which is a parapet similar but smaller than? that over the great window. The buttresses to the aisles are crowned with lofty pin-nacles. Their niches not long since contained figures, that tothe south a Percy with his shield, above the niche is acrested helmet; in the northern niche was a Vavasour withhis shield, allusive records of their benefactions to the fabricas at the west front. RESTORATIONS. In 182
Handbook to the Cathedral Church of StPeter, York; being notes on the architecture, stained glass, shields and monuments . ^1%. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND VESTIBULE—EXTERIOR. 31 buttresses, above which is a parapet similar but smaller than? that over the great window. The buttresses to the aisles are crowned with lofty pin-nacles. Their niches not long since contained figures, that tothe south a Percy with his shield, above the niche is acrested helmet; in the northern niche was a Vavasour withhis shield, allusive records of their benefactions to the fabricas at the west front. RESTORATIONS. In 1824, the east window was restored, when unfortunatelythe upper transoms, exterior and interior, were shorn oftheir vertical leaved ornaments. The lower part retains theoriginal decorations, but out of a total of 480, only 120of these remain. The parapet on the south aisle was also restored, whena previous bad restoration was copied instead of the original. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND Arrived at York, the Minster first I scan,Imprest with wonder, that the art of manShould colnmn raise on cohimn, so sublime!
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